Dutiyapaṇṇāsaka

Suttapiṭaka · Aṅguttaranikāya · Ekakanipāta · Dukanipāta · Tikanipāta · Vol. 20 · Section 324

[324] (78) Bhikkhus, evil, unwholesome states (pāpakā akusalā dhammā) arise with a cause, not without a cause. With the abandonment of that very cause, in this way those evil, unwholesome states do not come to be.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.